It is finally here. After years of preparation, the U.S. Open arrives at Merion, with practice rounds starting today.
Unfortunately, so has the rain.
Right now it is absolutely teeming at Merion Golf Club. Online Editor Vince Carey is on the scene, setting up our base for coverage all week, and has posted some Tout videos of the downpour.
Today's practice rounds are on hold right now.
Stay with DelcoTimes.com all week for special live coverage from the Open. We'll have live blogs and Tweets to keep you on top of everything that is going on, both on the course as well as in the Haverford neighborhood that will find itself under siege this week as Delco becomes the epicenter of the golf world.
Click here for our U.S. Open blog.
We'll have writers inside and out Merion Golf Club, as well as our normal outstanding sports writers chronicling all the action.
First things first, and that means the weather. One of the things people wondered about is what would happen to Merion, which is a shorter than most courses held for U.S. Opens in recent years, if it got softenened up by rain.
There also is the danger of flooding.
We'll have a full update later today on the effect of today's monsoon-like downpours.
Stick with us for all the coverage you can handle from Merion and the U.S. Open.
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